This book will provide a comprehensive insight of the characteristics and development of corporate governance in Italy. Both the external institutional mechanisms, such as the codes of best practices and the mandatory auditor rotation, and the internal corporate governance devices, such as boards’ structure and composition and director compensation, will be analyzed. In particular, this book is presented to provide the reader an insight on the ownership structure and the control enhancement mechanisms adopted by the Italian dominant shareholders as well as the typical – and unique – two tier-board structure, with a board of directors and a board of statutory auditors, that is widely adopted among Italian companies. This book reveals that while corporate governance in Italy has – to some extent – converged towards other European and international models, there are certain core features that remain (and are likely to do so in the near future as well) and their knowledge and understanding is relevant to investors and other stakeholders.
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Successfully moving an organization forward is a complex task. Historically professional organizations, like the Project Management Institute, have done a ?ne job of providing best practices and technical tools to support project managers in the ?eld. These tools will continue to be critical in the future. The opportunity now is to add to that body of knowledge by addressing, more completely, the human experience. In reviewing the literature, practitioners and academics alike have noted that committed teams play an important role in creating exceptional project outcomes. What has been missing is the connection between what’s known about employee engagement and commitment, from a general management perspective, and a practical method to integrate that knowledge with project management tools.
This book will provide a comprehensive map for project managers to learn about the human experience during a project. It will present speci?c practices for generating commitment that can be easily incorporated by project managers. The Co-create Model presents a conceptual understanding and a method not currently found in the literature.
Most managers struggle to decide whether a micro-management or a “hands-off” management approach is best. The resolution to this challenge is what I call “engaged management.” An engaged manager creates an environment in which his or her people self-mange and self-motivate. And the best leaders create an environment in which people take responsibility for their own performance and take the initiative to manage their own performance.
I have read “Life of a Lifetime” and it made a great impression on me. The theme of the book is remarkably current. When one is experiencing the emotional difficulties that many youngsters and active adults are facing in today’s hectic and goal-obsessed world, a beacon of light is a welcome gift. Christoph’s book is this beacon of light. He discusses the kind of problems that are rife in today’s society and also offers a solution for each of those problems. The book is beautifully written, clear and concise. It’s a must-read if you’re dealing with psychological challenges or have existential questions. — Prof. Em. Herman Van der Wee. Leuven University
This book is designed to be a refreshing change from the vague rhetoric and over-complicated how-to s of the usual spiritual self-help book. Life of a Lifetime: Inspiration for Creating an Extraordinary Life makes complex mind-body-spirit concepts easy to understand and apply in your everyday life. It’s all about simple, practical ways to empower you to make changes and create your life of a lifetime. Concepts discussed include learning how to create everyday happiness, how to eliminate the turmoil in your life and how to discover your life purpose and what to do about it. Business Leaders with a strong interest in holistic personal development will find this book compelling to help restore work-life balance, realign their career with their life’s mission and values, and grow as a person in order to enhance their leadership skills.
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“A refreshing modern-day view on life, the soul, and connecting with one’s true purpose in this lifetime. For all walks of life, this book provides a useful, easily readable insight on the one true question: What is the meaning of life? This refreshing view on our full journey -from the inception of our soul birth to where we are heading- reframes thinking, provokes shifts in behaviour, attitude, and learning of life experiences to reapply for the greater good in both a personal and our professional outlook.”
“Life of a Lifetime by Christoph Spiessens is a clear guide to living your life as you intended, before you came to earth to have this experience.
Christoph explains how we start our spiritual journey of awareness and gratitude for the life we are living right now and how we can more clearly align with our soul’s purpose. By letting go of the need to control and direct our lives from the ego we allow our soul to get in the driver’s seat and life opens to us.
There are complex ideas in this book delivered with clarity and simplicity, the essence of which can drop into your consciousness and take effect. I was very glad for the chapter summaries which helped remind me what I had actually covered in the chapter I had read, because there is wisdom on every page. It is a case of much food for thought within each chapter.
Christoph kindly weaves his own journey through the pages so you can be sure he is speaking from his experience not from a platform of spiritual righteousness. This makes his wisdom authentic and accessible.
Do yourself a favour buy this book and read it slowly, gently and deeply – it will continue to reward you way after you close the book.”
“I have read many self help books enjoying most of them but sometimes forgetting the words of wisdom once the book is put away, this book is different. Having read Christoph’s last book ‘Connecting to Your Inner Light’I was eagerly awaiting the release of this one and I was not disappointed. Christoph has a very easy way with words that are written from the heart in an easy to read format. Right from page one I found that like his previous book I could not put it down. The book inspired me to achieve something that I had been considering for weeks on end but had not got the courage to go through with. The lightness I felt afterwards and the positive comments from friends who noticed my lighter attitude where a real bonus.
The book will steer you on to bring lightness, positivity and self worth into your life and keep it there! not an easy task at times but already I have put into action Chris’ advice for keeping calm in a tense situation and it worked! I found the advice I had read came back into my mind easily and helped the situation and myself so much.
It is amazing that this young man has so much wisdom as I would expect the knowledge and guidance he offers to come from someone much older than he is.
I have no hesitation in recomending this book to young and old alike and I am infact giving a copy to a few friends as presents. I would go as far as to say that every home should have a copy of this book!”
“I can not remember the last time I read a book in two days and felt completely overwhelmed when finished .
I am a very spiritual person and I have bought many books in the past only to be left in the middle of them completely disorientated and confused, asking myself 1000 of questions and wondering the meaning of it all .
Thanks to Christoph , I have now a clearer picture and I can relate to everything mentioned in his book . Christoph has a way to write which is beyond any expectations, it’s easy to read, easy to understand and it is very passionate .
I felt very emotional when reading certain content and I am thanking Christoph for sharing these moments with us . Thank you Christoph for sharing your gift and passion with us. I will encourage anyone to buy Christoph’s books, not only ” Life of a Lifetime ” but also ” Connecting to your Inner light.” Christoph’s book is a true inspiration – a wake up call to a wonderful path.”
“I downloaded a sample of this book to my Kindle and loved the easy way that it was written. I downloaded the full copy immediately and it hasn’t disappointed. Christoph writes gently and simply to a part of us that doesn’t always listen! He talks through his own experiences and, in doing so, helps guide us through our difficulties – all the usual suspects are here. There are practical hints, tips, and reminders, as well as new concepts and ideas, put forward for our consideration. For me, at just the right time, he gave me some calmness, support and space in a life that was full of stress and work. It’s been like having my own coach in my pocket – well, my handbag actually! I highly recommend it. Take some time out for you, and look at what you’re really doing with your life – you’re worth it.”
“Very positive, inspiring thoughts written in the most simply way. Full of interesting examples. This book will make you stop in the rush of everyday life and think how to make yourself and your life feel happy and extraordinary. Very highly recommended!”
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The ability to help an organization effectively deal with change is a key competency that all HR professionals must possess. However, many people in the HR function have not received any formal training or instruction on how to fulfill this key role. Further, HR professionals are often paralyzed or frustrated by senior management attitudes and practices, thereby feeling left out of the change process entirely or powerless within it. This book provides HR professionals with key resources and concepts to successfully launch, implement and maintain change management initiatives within their organizations. Practical tools and explanations will illuminate critical change management competencies and processes thereby enabling HR professionals to take on strategic and active roles as they guide and lead employees, at all levels throughout an organization, to successfully deal with change. Further, understanding of one’s own reactions to change and how to harness this energy will also be explored to further assist HR professionals to effectively manage and guide change. Key questions posed at the end of each chapter allow for personal reflection and growth, further allowing for development of skills relating to change management. This book serves as an excellent resource to HR students, those new to practicing HR and seasoned HR professionals alike.
The book is a comprehensive guide covering all the essential ingredients for delivering engaging and persuasive presentations to a professional audience. This book covers everything from planning and structuring content to delivering with confidence.
The data-driven, global business environment requires increasingly sophisticated decision support, analytics and business intelligence. Also, changing technologies including mobile devices and cloud computing have created new opportunities for computerized decision support and an increasing need for technology support of business decision making. Contemporary managers must know much more about information technology solutions and especially computerized decision support, data science and analytics. This book is targeted to busy managers and MBA students who want to grasp the basics of computerized decision support. Some of the topics covered include: What is a decision support system? What is “big data” and how is it useful? What is business intelligence? How can predictive analytics support decision making? What is the impact of decision support on decision making? And how can managers identify opportunities for innovative analytics and decision support? Overall the book addresses 70 major questions relevant to decision support.
Cost benefit analysis is often expected or required for government projects. On the state and local level, the technique is useful for assessing the worthiness of a specific policy proposal. The accounting and analysis of large scale technical projects require specialized training; in this manual, we offer a non-theoretical introduction to CBA, accessible to readers without an advanced statistical or economic background. The book is designed as a how-to primer in the basics of CBA for local officials who actually evaluate proposals or merely interpret reports using cost benefit analysis. A Reference List is provided for further study.
Today the news media focuses on economics and the global financial system as it never has before. Managers and executives possess years of hands-on experience dealing with the consequences of global economic shocks and increasing globalization, but may not have a solid grounding in the relevant economic concepts that shed light on the forces of globalization and attendant macroeconomic fluctuations. This book will teach these very powerful economic concepts in everyday language with examples from the news, using little or no math. Modern economics has a lot to say about the forces underlying long-term economic growth, international trade, and technology. The economics literature in these areas is vast, but it is surprising how little of it has percolated to articles or books for non- specialist audiences. For example, Paul Krugman has been an exception, as an author of excellent non-fiction books on economics and a New York Times column, but his writings do not explain the concepts he assumes readers understand and, in addition, they are explicitly political. This book’s philosophy is that it is important to focus on the core set of models and ideas which have stood the test of time within the economics profession. Its goal is to teach the central economic material that businesspersons can use in their everyday work to help them interpret news and economic and political developments. It is intended as a practical textbook for Executive MBA programs and as a reference for students and businesspersons, not just in North America, but around the world.
Most texts, university courses and corporate training program have the start point in the entrepreneurial process being the identification of new market opportunities thereby providing the basis for the development of a radically new product or service proposition. Given the high number of commercial successes achieved by this market-driven approach, it is clear this a valid and viable way of creating new firms and sustaining the performance of existing organizations. Nevertheless it is important to register that in terms of maximizing the wealth of organizations and even entire nations, the most economically impactful entrepreneurial outcomes are the result of what Joseph Schumpeter, the father of modern entrepreneurship theory, described as ‘creative destruction’ leading to the decline and sometimes the total disappearance of existing industrial sectors. Schumpeter opined that the most successful form of innovation is technology-driven which occurs with scientific or technological breakthroughs and experimentation leading in many cases to the launch of a radically new product or service at a time when there often is little evidence of the existence of an identified market opportunity. Subsequent to the emergence of Schumpeter’s theories, both academic research and real world case studies have validated the fact that the management of technology-driven entrepreneurship is somewhat different process to that of market-driven entrepreneurship. The existence of these differences generates the perspective that benefit exists in identifying the managerial guidelines that can be of assistance in ensuring the success of technological entrepreneurship projects in both start-ups and existing businesses. This book provides such guidance.
